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  • New Zealand Copyright Act review: International copyright treaties and performers' rights
  • A modern take on Māori storytelling
  • Staying ahead of the game
  • A tale of two crocodiles
  • A guide to angel investing and IP due diligence
  • New local trade mark registration system for Vanuatu
  • From child’s play to global player
  • Seeing red over colour? Frucor is, following a recent Australian decision not to allow its colour green to be registered as a trade mark
  • Finding a better way
  • Intellectual property protection for satellites and outer space technologies
  • Vanuatu Intellectual Property Office ramps up border protection measures
  • Recycling redesigned
  • Blockchain and bitcoin: A technology backgrounder
  • Hiring a patent attorney
  • Updated: Geographical indications set for New Zealand
  • Crucial connections
  • Blockchain and the law: Irrevocable record systems and smart contracts
  • The reform of New Zealand's Copyright Act
  • Computerised IP decision-making: Dream or reality?
  • Getting down to business
  • The smell of Play-Doh registered as a trade mark
  • New Bill introduced to accept wine and spirit geographical indications in New Zealand
  • Led Zeppelin‘s Stairway to Heaven found not to infringe copyright in Spirit’s instrumental, Taurus
  • Branching out
  • Seven key reasons to register your copyright in China in 2018
  • Protecting innovation using patents and designs
  • An unexpected twist
  • Watered down spa pool design lands spa manufacturer in hot water
  • New Zealand Court of Appeal rules on the extradition of Kim Dotcom (Megaupload)
  • I am not sure my idea will be a success
  • First, do no harm
  • Changes are afoot – New requirements for claiming the Wine Equalisation Tax (WET) rebate from 1 July 2018
  • Developing strong brands – Balance the catchy name with the legally enforceable trade mark
  • Salient lessons to be learned from Michael Jordan versus the Chinese trade mark system
  • How can I ensure my brand is both marketable and legal?
  • Modernising a dinosaur
  • The problem with choosing a descriptive trade mark
  • Foul proof or fool proof?
  • What constitutes copyright infringement?
  • How to include an IP status report in your board meeting or pitch
  • A climate change in the US trade mark registration landscape
  • What's the difference between a trade secret and a patent?
  • Catch of the day
  • New Zealand Copyright Act review: Does copyright suppress innovation? What does it actually protect? Copyright does not protect ideas!
  • ICANN reveals new gTLDs on Reveal Day
  • Productivity, R&D spending and an election
  • What's the difference between parallel importation and counterfeit goods?
  • All in good taste
  • The history of IP in three minutes
  • Enjoying the fruits of their labour
  • Kia ora te reo Māori - is offensiveness enough?
  • Private members bill to amend the New Zealand Copyright Act 1994
  • Thin end of the wedge for the rights of trade mark owners?
  • Illustrated plainly: introduction to intellectual property terms
  • Going bananas over Philanthropants collaboration
  • Legal privilege - what is it and whose advice is privileged
  • Illustrated plainly: trade marks 101
  • Te reo Māori and intellectual property
  • New Zealand Government launches review of the Copyright Act
  • Channel Management in China
  • Life in the fast lane
  • Revisiting UsedSoft v. Oracle: Is software property and can it be sold?
  • How the amended TPP agreement will affect IP in New Zealand
  • Risks of entering China without a trade mark
  • Jumping for joy
  • International Licensing - The Licensing Journal
  • Eminem v National Party: copyright case over song ‘Lose Yourself’
  • Illustrated plainly: which IP right is best for me?
  • Onto a clear winner
  • Patents are a virtue: indoor farming with disco lights, fish, and household cabinets
  • Record damages award in asparagus grader case overturned
  • Illustrated plainly: patent process 101
  • The sky's the limit
  • The name game
  • Introduction of Advancement Patent Bill
  • Retention of copyright in tukutuku an encouraging stance
  • Trade marks in China
  • Just one more piece
  • Food integrity – an honest brand is worth protecting
  • New Zealand progresses TPPA with recommendation to pass amendment bill
  • Betty keeps horsing around!
  • Copyright in China
  • Imaginations run wild
  • Australian copyright law review recommends 'fair use' defence
  • New website for Intellectual Property Office of Papua New Guinea
  • Should innovation patents be kept?
  • Recent trade mark decision supports importance of Māori as an official language
  • Australia's Productivity Commission recommends sweeping changes to systems for protection of intellectual property
  • Further information about the TPP reveals a few IP surprises for New Zealand
  • New trade mark laws in China
  • Driving demand
  • "Pretty legal" not good enough, National Party told
  • Big changes in how to interpret a patent’s scope of protection
  • Don’t get caught offside
  • New trade mark scam operating in New Zealand
  • Introduction to royalties and licence fees
  • Weaving tradition with innovation.
  • New Zealand now part of the global patent prosecution highway
  • Standardised tobacco packaging regulations released for New Zealand
  • Intellectual Asset Management (IAM) yearbook 2017 - Australia and New Zealand chapter
  • New powers to crack down on counterfeit goods
  • Damage controls—the role of damages in protecting copyright
  • Public submissions on the Marrakesh Treaty
  • Q&A: Australian litigation update
  • Introduction to how advertising law affects advertisers in New Zealand
  • Dollop Puddings
  • Stopping counterfeits at the border: using Customs notices to protect your IP
  • Opportunity to make submissions on Natural Health and Supplementary Products Bill
  • Getty sued for US$1 billion after US$120 demand to photographer
  • Federal Court of Australia allows preliminary discovery in case of online infringement
  • MBIE opens consultation on Plant Variety Rights regulations and fees
  • The secrets to keeping secrets
  • Introduction to collaboration, research and development
  • HamiltonJet
  • Another trade mark scam letter circulating in New Zealand
  • Unsolicited letters regarding trade mark renewals
  • Sky’s line in the sand: reporting on current events in the online age
  • Over $600,000 worth of payments refunded to victims of trade mark scam
  • The story so far with SOPA
  • Senate passes Australian patent reforms
  • Have your say on proposed changes to Australia’s copyright laws
  • Introduction to confidentiality agreements
  • Fonterra
  • Plant variety rights: how IP is giving Mother Nature a helping hand
  • Whittaker's unwrapped
  • Lacoste shakes up New Zealand trade mark law
  • The new trans-Tasman patent attorney regime
  • Dot Kiwi grants free registration of 200,000 domains to web hosting company Umbrellar
  • New schedule of fees in Samoa from 1 January 2017
  • A Mega conspiracy unveiled
  • The Supreme Court of New Zealand decides digital files constitute ‘property’ under the Crimes Act
  • Introduction to IP ownership issues
  • Sistema
  • High Court’s decision to allow termination of licence without cause is a timely reminder
  • Sky Network Television v Fairfax New Zealand copyright infringement case may not be over yet
  • Māori culture: unique, yes; protected, no!
  • Dotcom - extradition recommended
  • New ‘super ministry’ forgets patents are incentives for growth
  • Introduction to licensing intellectual property
  • Tait Limited
  • Deadline set to stake a claim in conflicted .nz domain names
  • New trade mark laws for Myanmar coming in 2017
  • Brexit and IP: business as usual for now
  • China—the trade mark powerhouse
  • Standing out from the crowd – the benefits of choosing strong brands
  • Introduction to manufacturing, distribution, supply and agency agreements
  • Have your say on TPP intellectual property implementation in New Zealand
  • Introduction to structuring your business
  • Engaging with the ‘now’—how to protect your brand when it changes often
  • Introduction to copyright in electronic works in New Zealand
  • Madeblunt
  • Submissions called for on Government proposal to amend transitional provisions of New Zealand Patents Act 2013
  • The real cost of copyright term extension in New Zealand
  • Introduction to copyright in industrial design in New Zealand
  • Les Mills International
  • Protecting industrial designs in Australia and New Zealand – a comparison
  • Introduction to Copyright in New Zealand
  • Formway Design Studio
  • Misleading report from advertising agency backfires in court
  • The Diary of Anne Frank: claims of joint authorship, and their impact on the duration of copyright
  • Introduction to copyright in software in New Zealand
  • Booktrack
  • Get up, stand up. For music.
  • Introduction to copyright in trade marks
  • Stamp duty increase in Fiji
  • Guide to filing a design application in Australia
  • Manuka Health
  • Proposed single patent processes for Australia and New Zealand will not proceed
  • Trans-Pacific Partnership Agreement (TPP) – one way of bringing New Zealand IP laws in line with Australia
  • Guide to filing a design application in New Zealand
  • Flexi Mower
  • IP Australia announces new PPH pilot program with the European patent office (EPO)
  • Dot dot dot... Observations from the first two years of ICANN's new gTLD programme
  • Guide to protecting your design in Australia
  • Windflow Technology Ltd
  • USPTO offers fast track examination for patent applications claiming cancer immunotherapies
  • The beauty of being in business
  • The economic impact of the Australian Innovation Patent
  • Guide to protecting your design in New Zealand
  • Building resilience
  • Waitangi Tribunal declines to hear full TPPA claim
  • Guide to filing a convention application in Australia and New Zealand
  • Crown rejects proposal for independent review of Treaty of Waitangi exception clause in TPPA
  • Guide to preparing a complete specification
  • New Zealand Government announces a further NZ$410.5m in funding for science and innovation
  • Waitangi Tribunal claim over New Zealand's participation in the TPPA
  • Guide to protecting your invention in New Zealand
  • New Zealand patent office issues first software patent under new law
  • When is an apple not just an apple?
  • Guide to protecting your invention overseas (for NZ clients)
  • Waitangi Tribunal report on TPPA released
  • Cracking the Chinese wine market: Part 2
  • Introduction to trade marks
  • IRDTM (TM Publisher) now reimbursing payments
  • Cracking the Chinese wine market: Part 1
  • Guide to trade mark registration process in Australia
  • Alibaba deal a big opportunity for New Zealand brands
  • Innovation feature - a changing world
  • Guide to the trade mark registration process in New Zealand
  • Google's experimental patent purchase portal
  • Guide to protecting your trade mark overseas
  • Warning of a trade mark scam currently operating in New Zealand
  • Why (and how) to use a Chinese name for your brand
  • Guide to protecting your trade mark in New Zealand
  • New Zealand to implement plain packaging for tobacco
  • NZ Lawyer interviews new partner Hadleigh Brown
  • Introduction to how trade marks are classified in Australia
  • Proposal to align New Zealand and Australian patent law
  • NZ Lawyer interviews partner Colleen Cavanagh
  • Introduction to how trade marks are classified in New Zealand
  • IP Australia trialing pre-examination notifications
  • China's new IP courts may help businesses?
  • IP Roadmap – your introduction to intellectual property
  • Computer implemented inventions – IP Australia provides guidelines for patentability
  • Patents are a virtue: Drone zone
  • Caught, but not quite out
  • New Zealand High Court confirms 'wrong way round' confusion is not sufficient to ground an opposition
  • It's not cricket
  • IP strategy crucial to export success
  • New Zealand Court of Appeal rules on Pink Batts® trade mark dispute
  • Canvas to Catwalk - Art and Fashion Collaborations
  • RPL Central case provides some clues as to patentability of business methods
  • Protecting trade marks in East Timor
  • New Myriad guidelines create uncertainty for innovators
  • Waitangi Tribunal hearing into TPPA likely to be held in March 2016
  • Chelsea Football Club opposes Apotex’s registration of ‘Chelsea’ in New Zealand
  • New Zealand takes a traditional approach to software patents
  • IP Australia's proposed practice in response to Myriad decision
  • Non-disclosure Agreements (NDA) - Getting confidentiality right
  • Trading in Australia - tips for New Zealand businesses
  • IP Australia's response to Myriad decision – an update
  • America Invents Act
  • Admission of evidence in Australian trade mark oppositions – the operation of regulation 21.19
  • Happiness is a fresh fruit salad
  • First NZ file-share award: too little, or too much?
  • High Court of Australia holds nucleic acids are not patentable subject matter
  • AJ Park introduces its new brand
  • Patent licensing update
  • The accidental brand
  • Government to increase data exclusivity for agricultural chemicals
  • Who's watching you
  • Daimler, dismissed...
  • Rights stuff
  • AstraZeneca appeal dismissed
  • Cookie time
  • The USPTO clarifies patent eligibility
  • If you take the fight, make it worth it
  • Trade mark squatter dealt to in China under new trade mark laws
  • How the KOHA trade mark dispute could've been avoided
  • No monopoly in the words 'co-op' or 'co-operative'
  • IP strategy in the boardroom
  • Microorganism deposit requirements
  • Create an IP strategy early on and avoid common pitfalls
  • China bound? Proceed with caution
  • Alibaba in hot water over sale of counterfeit goods
  • Managing Intellectual Property
  • ICANN to investigate .sucks registry over eye-watering fees
  • Tapping into crowd power – unlocking crowd-funding for New Zealand entrepreneurs
  • IP Due Diligence on a Start-up
  • Unfair contract terms
  • Intellectual Property due diligence on start-ups: Part 2
  • IP 101 for start-ups
  • Australian High Court to hear appeal on gene patents
  • Reasons to consider filing a patent when you don't have a crystal ball
  • Australia's Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Act 2015 passes Senate
  • Freedom to Patent does not mean Freedom to Operate
  • New Zealand intellectual property framework inadequate to protect Maori IP
  • Capturing and Commercialising Your IP
  • Guide to enforcing your IP rights at Chinese Trade Fairs
  • Keep what is yours, yours: protecting your IP from opportunists
  • IP Protection search vs Freedom to Operate Search
  • The Haka Ka Mate Attribution Act: The right of attribution
  • Registered designs in Australia and New Zealand
  • Filing of divisional applications to be restricted in New Zealand under the Patents Regulations 2014
  • Patents are a virtue: The patent office
  • Have you heard about Australia and New Zealand's single patent application? Sorry, you heard wrong!
  • Heart in the mouth for The Vatican
  • The New Zealand Patents Act 2013
  • Are you on board with your IP strategy?
  • Patents Act 2013 now in force
  • My - what a shambles!
  • Do you have a social media policy?
  • Key changes under the new Act
  • What are you saying socially?
  • Starting the patenting process, reflections on recent law changes in the US
  • Keeping on top of IP strategy
  • New US plant patent law has changes to novelty requirements
  • The rules of social engagement
  • Micro entity status
  • Tipping the Apple cart in China: lessons for New Zealand exporters
  • Derivation proceedings
  • Intellectual property: a right or privilege?
  • The one year grace period under the AIA: friend or foe?
  • Keeping your trade mark valid
  • Laboratory notebooks
  • Evolving brands and business interests
  • Prior user rights
  • Challenging US patents under the AIA
  • Dealing with fakes
  • Letter claiming to be from ASIC scamming Australian businesses
  • Working your relationships
  • Software inventions and the New Zealand Patents Act 2013: three years on
  • Social squatters
  • Arohatia Te Reo without the WAI 262 recommendations?
  • Selling goods in China is now a little easier
  • Navigating the conflict between intellectual property, copyright, and mātauranga Māori
  • Madrid Protocol members
  • Another step closer to Madrid
  • What's a cooking?
  • A branding perspective on WAI 262
  • Who owns what?
  • Time for a patent shake-up
  • An IP snapshot
  • The hole in Sunrise B
  • Teen inventor on course for the big time
  • Trade Marks Amendment Act 2011 (the Act)
  • With an eye on the East
  • Don’t let your crowdfunding initiative spoil your IP position
  • Patentability of computer-implemented inventions in Australia
  • Confidentiality agreements: Keep your secrets in the cone of silence
  • Online brain fade
  • The risks and rewards of the Twitter cookie jar
  • No patent term extension for drug combination
  • Do confidentiality agreements with time limits protect your trade secrets?
  • Gene patents recommendations by the Australian senate
  • Three top tips for lawyers keen on specialising in IP
  • Scammed again?
  • Share and share alike
  • IPONZ closed on 10 February
  • Trade secrets in your IP policy
  • Tackling the problem of proprietorship
  • Trade marks in the US are a different beast
  • Raising the Bar: Australia passes patent reform bill into law
  • Stake your IP claim early on
  • Why IP protection needs incentives
  • Courts slam agreement drafting in patent licensing
  • Australasia ranked one of Southeast Asia and Oceania's most innovative regions
  • Here's an update on new gTLDs as applications extend to 20 April
  • Why you don’t hear ‘Happy Birthday’ in the movies
  • Dodging the ASA bullet
  • Important news for New Zealand domain name holders – second level domain names proposal
  • Update on Madrid Protocol implementation in New Zealand
  • Your shop name - cleared for use?
  • D- Day for new gTLDs – new top level domain names to be revealed tomorrow
  • Protecting "fluid" brands
  • Is your shop name registrable as a trade mark?
  • Keeping reign over your name
  • New system for filing third party observations on PCT applications
  • To buy or not to buy?
  • It’s war between Apple and Samsung
  • Same, but different
  • Australian tobacco companies stubbed out
  • IP strategies for start-ups on a shoestring
  • Aussie tobacco decision could slash brand values
  • Avoiding translation traps
  • Has Australia paved the way for New Zealand to introduce plain packaging?
  • Finding the golden egg
  • The delicate art of the cease and desist letter
  • Keeping tabs on China
  • Australia Post's loss against digital rival raises questions for "iconic" brands
  • Branding your world
  • Patents Bill - new amendments to proposed law in New Zealand
  • Are you prepared?
  • Big.mistake.nz or free.choice.nz for domain names in New Zealand?
  • Six tips to help you create your own intellectual property strategy
  • Protection given to Ka Mate in Deed of Settlement
  • Nine tips to protect your brand if you're looking to export to China
  • Apple v Samsung – Apple wins big in US patent war
  • The megatrend observers
  • The trade mark of China's progress
  • ALS Association withdraws trade mark registration
  • Great ideas need great marketing
  • US patent office issues 10 millionth patent
  • Celebrating innovative New Zealand women on International Women’s Day
  • An introduction to trade secrets
  • To dance or not to dance, that is the © question
  • Why Taylor Swift refuses to ‘Calm Down’: IP rights in the music industry
  • New IP legislation in Samoa from 1 October 2012
  • Protecting innovation using patents and designs
  • New specimen rules for US trade marks
  • Negotiating trade mark settlement and co-existence agreements
  • The Patents Bill – New exclusion on "life" proposed
  • Protecting integrated circuit layout designs in New Zealand
  • Isolated DNA is patent-eligible….for now
  • More tweaks to the Patents Bill
  • Public input for Australian patent reform
  • How a logo can affect brand appeal and recognition
  • Keeping the faith
  • Extending the .nz domain space
  • Meghan Markle v Mail On Sunday
  • New Zealand closer to Madrid Protocol
  • New trade mark regulations for New Zealand
  • Cashing in on the Crown: where to now for brand Sussex Royal?
  • Beginning of the end for Australia's second tier patent system?
  • Protecting the visual features of your product
  • Megabox: an opportunity or a risk for New Zealand artists?
  • Cannabis and trade mark rights
  • Review of pharmaceutical patents in Australia
  • Griffin’s successfully registers two biscuit shape marks
  • Facebook defriended by advertising watchdog
  • Is a registration regime for food-related geographical indications on its way?
  • Intellectual property amidst the COVID-19 crisis
  • IPONZ office closed on Friday 7 December 2012
  • The importance of marking your products with the patent number
  • High stakes in high heels - red counts!
  • Further compliance costs coming to the world of online shopping
  • New Zealand in the final countdown to the Madrid Protocol
  • How does copyright law influence trade mark registration?
  • Amendments to New Zealand trade mark regulations
  • Another blow for Meghan and Harry’s trade mark strategy? Let’s investigate…
  • Europe in breach of international copyright treaty
  • The key issues to consider when entering into a product collaboration
  • Australia releases Issues Paper on pharmaceutical patents
  • Aces of the skies - the patent dogfight between DJI and Autel
  • Tiger King: Murder, mayhem and misuse of intellectual property
  • Madrid is here!
  • Call for New Zealand intellectual property framework to incorporate Māori customs and protocols
  • Twitter's public slap
  • New Zealand High Court decides cryptofunds are property
  • A budding industry for cannabis products in New Zealand
  • Another step taken towards a single European patent
  • Catchphrases as trade marks? Amazing brand strategy, sweetie!
  • Proposed IP changes under TPP agreement
  • Intellectual property is more than just fun and games
  • Claim interpretation and the dictionary principle
  • It’s not trendy if it’s appropriating
  • A case of whisky, or something vaguely like it
  • COVID-19 - Adapting to change in a time of crisis
  • Pfizer loses Viagra patent in Canada
  • Kāore he hua o te tāhae ahurea
  • US Supreme Court to review gene patents
  • How to strategically deploy an IP programme for success
  • To patent or not to patent... computer implemented inventions in Australia
  • What does Brexit mean for my trade marks?
  • Tackling the problem of proprietorship, part II
  • Geographical indications - A new intellectual property right for Australia?
  • Drafting agreements to settle IP disputes
  • The dance-off ends: a (partial) resolution to Fortnite’s slurry of copyright lawsuits
  • Trademark Clearinghouse is the place to be
  • It’s high time we protected our cannabis trade marks
  • New Zealand moves forward with plain packaging
  • Pesky pandemics and patents: how the conventional patent approach appears unchanged in the face of COVID-19
  • Government agrees to disagree with Big Tobacco regarding plain packaging
  • Medicinal cannabis in New Zealand – a potted summary of the regulatory regime
  • Claims Chinese produce labelled as made in New Zealand
  • Advertising Standards Authority releases new advertising standards for influencers
  • Australian Federal Court decides human genes are patentable
  • The importance of providing sufficient evidence in invalidation proceedings
  • The case of the airport paperback
  • To protect and serve
  • The brands and the bees: trade marks and the Mānuka challenge for honey businesses
  • Comparative advertising and IP
  • Victory for F&P Finance in computer software copyright and trade secrets case
  • IP dispute between Taylor Swift and US theme park turns into a rollercoaster ride
  • No presence in Australia? You may still be liable for patent infringement
  • Managing intangible assets for exponential growth
  • New Zealand Plant Variety Rights (PVR) Act under review
  • The distinctiveness standard for stylised trade marks in New Zealand
  • Consultation on Issues Paper for review of the New Zealand Copyright Act 1994
  • Advertisement pulled due to incorrect pronunciation of Māori place name
  • IPONZ seeking feedback on fee changes
  • What on earth are NFTs and why do trade mark and copyright lawyers need to know about them?
  • Changes to New Zealand’s intellectual property legislation coming into force on 30 December 2018
  • Is anyone above the © law? A holy row between Church and artist
  • Public consultation on the Copyright Act review now underway
  • An update on the Intellectual Property Office of New Zealand’s fee review
  • New Zealand government announces the final design of its R&D tax incentive scheme
  • Brexit outcome - some possible relief for holders of IP rights
  • AJ Park supports WIPO workshop in the Pacific and Samoa accedes to Madrid
  • Australian Federal Court finds computer-implemented business method patentable
  • Wellingtonians file thousands of patents
  • Australian Federal Court ruling on gene patents to be appealed
  • Raising the Bar: changes to Australian trade mark opposition
  • New patent law in the US
  • AJ Park now registered agent for Trademark Clearinghouse
  • Australia's Raising the Bar amendments commence
  • Summary of the Australian Pharmaceuticals Patents Review
  • Action challenging European unitary patent dismissed by Court
  • Strike a blow
  • New Zealand announces intention to introduce plain packaging
  • European Commission privacy law endorsement opens way for NZ businesses
  • New Zealand Patents Bill on the move
  • New Zealand government clarifies software patent position
  • Intangibles and exhaustion: ReDigi and UsedSoft revisited
  • Urgent Australian weekend and public holiday filings
  • Still no concrete approach for patent eligibility of computer-related inventions in the US
  • Keep calm and carry on protecting your trade marks
  • The Idealog guide to food innovation
  • ICANN approves .kiwi domain name
  • Flower bomb: why marketers need to be wary of using competitors' brands as Google keywords
  • Kiwi Chameleon? New Zealand proposes patent changes
  • Australian Parliament introduces new IP laws amendment Bill
  • US Supreme Court rules isolated DNA not patentable
  • Second round of submissions for second level .nz domain names proposal
  • Learning from Apple's trade mark malarkey
  • EU highest court says software licence terms can be ignored
  • Czech this out - another scam in operation!
  • Watch your words
  • Amendment to the Copyright Act will continue ban on parallel importation of films
  • Historic heritage brands under attack
  • Submissions now open on the Copyright Amendment Bill
  • Myriad v Ambry – Myriad looks to enforce its BRCA1/BRCA2 gene patents
  • Myriad vs. genetic diagnostic companies - round two
  • Another blow for diagnostic patents and personalised medicine?
  • More changes proposed to Australia's Patents Act
  • Contracting online
  • Vanuatu, cradle of bungee jumping, may finally get just recognition
  • Bilski still being used in the US for patent eligibility of computer-related inventions post CLS Bank
  • Patents are a virtue: Two new patents from Google, and Apple's way into the advertising market
  • Where does free and open source licensing stand in Europe?
  • New Zealand Patents Bill crosses the finish line
  • How the Marrakesh treaty is giving the gift of literature
  • Fijian Copyright Act provides a mechanism to stop counterfeits
  • How Rihanna could impact on New Zealand's fashion designs
  • Changes to Australian securities register
  • Patents are a virtue: 3D printed living tissues, smart watches, and four cameras on your smartphone
  • The Privacy Act 1993 – not just a political hot potato
  • Facebook reads you your rights: it's business as usual
  • Australia's innovation patent system under review
  • Changes to China's trade mark laws
  • Patents are a virtue: Sound shields, stolen heartbeats, and self-service x-rays
  • New accelerated UK trade mark opposition procedure
  • New Zealand has a new Patents Act
  • Australian Federal Court confirms computer-implemented inventions are patentable
  • EPO to rescind deadline for filing divisional patent applications
  • One step closer: integrated Australian and New Zealand patent application and examination
  • Patents are a virtue: Springs in your step, sleep aid pillows, and sleep detectors
  • First new gTLDs about to open
  • 'Predominant' in purple
  • Historic Australian beer brands survive to fight another day
  • Snap a celebrity
  • First dot Kiwi domains going up for sale
  • NZ Government invites submissions on tax treatment of 'black hole' R&D expenditure
  • New Patents Act explained
  • New Zealand: Strong protection given to foreign trade marks
  • Seven new gTLDs available
  • Newsflash – Australian High Court confirms methods of treatment are patentable
  • Methods of medical treatment confirmed patentable in Australia
  • Protection granted for the 28th Māori Battalion
  • New Zealand Patent Regulations: Discussion paper proposes new fees and reduced prosecution times
  • Apple fails to stop registration of Kiwi inventor's DRIPHONE trade mark
  • Newsflash: Consultation sought on Australian IP Laws Amendment Bill 2014
  • Reminder: Australian Personal Properties Securities deadline of 31 January 2014
  • Dot Kiwi Sunrise Period begins – sort of
  • Consumer law changes enacted in New Zealand
  • Dot Kiwi Sunrise Period now open
  • Australian government's Pharmaceutical Patents Review has sunk without trace
  • Court of Appeal – Dotcom raid warrants valid despite deficiencies
  • High Court finds Nakedbus breached InterCity's trade mark
  • Intellectual Property Laws Amendment Bill
  • Does your French intellectual property right extend to French Polynesia?
  • Choc-elated!
  • China opens the door to protect graphical user interfaces
  • Budget funding a boost for New Zealand's business innovation
  • The Haka Ka Mate Attribution Act: What are the options for protecting these types of IP?
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